Georgian

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noun (1)

Geor·​gian ˈjȯr-jən 

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: a native or inhabitant of Georgia in the Caucasus

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: the language of the Georgian people

Georgian

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adjective (1)

: of, relating to, or constituting Georgia in the Caucasus, the Georgians, or the Georgian language

Georgian

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noun (2)

: a native or resident of the state of Georgia

Georgian

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adjective (2)

: of, relating to, or characteristic of the state of Georgia or its people

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adjective (3)

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: of, relating to, or characteristic of the reigns of the first four Georges of Great Britain

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: of, relating to, or characteristic of the reign of George V of Great Britain

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noun (3)

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: one belonging to either of the Georgian periods

especially : a poet of the second decade of the 20th century

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: Georgian taste or style especially in architecture

Examples of Georgian in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

Iya Patarkatsishvili, the daughter of a Georgian billionaire, and her husband Yevhen Hunyak bought the house in May 2019 from William Woodward-Fisher, a surveyor and residential real estate developer, according to the judgment published Monday. —Issy Ronald, CNN, 11 Feb. 2025

Thai and Georgian authorities are investigating a human trafficking ring that the NGO has alleged is harvesting human eggs from the Thai women brought to the South Caucasus country. —Justin Gest, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025

Noun

The soldier, a commander of the Georgian Legion, a unit of volunteers fighting for Ukraine from the former Soviet republic of Georgia, was visiting Bratislava for a public discussion about the war in Ukraine. —Andrew Higgins, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2025

Lincoln Mitchell, a political analyst who teaches in Columbia University’s political science department and is a former adviser to Georgian Dream, agreed. —Elizabeth McBride, CNN, 15 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

Noun (1)

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Adjective (1)

1607, in the meaning defined above

Noun (2)

1741, in the meaning defined above

Adjective (2)

1762, in the meaning defined above

Adjective (3)

circa 1855, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun (3)

1901, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

Georgian

adjective

Geor·​gian

ˈjȯr-jən

: of, relating to, or characteristic of the reigns of the first four British kings named George

Georgian architecture